Weekly Drug War Report
"Fatal gang violence racking Vancouver; Bad publicity hits ahead of 2010 Olympics" by Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times | July 5, 2009
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia - Drug dealers are gunning down women (one with her 4-year-old son in the back seat), high school students with no gang allegiances, and, especially, one another, in broad daylight in and around the city that will host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
It got so bad this spring that police erected concrete barriers outside the homes of two gangsters to slow down potential drive-by assassins.... Authorities trace the violence to the recent government crackdown on cocaine traffickers in Mexico, which has squeezed profit margins for cocaine north of the US border....
Related: Colombia Kills Cocaine Crop
“The war in Mexico directly impacts on the drug trade in Canada. . . . There’s a complete disruption of the flow of cocaine into Canada, and we are seeing the result,’’ said Pat Fogarty, operations officer for the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, British Columbia’s main law enforcement agency targeting organized crime.
The province became an important player in the Mexican cocaine marketplace in part by bartering its powerful home-grown marijuana, “B.C. Bud,’’ which helps fuel what is estimated to be a $6.3-billion-a-year industry.
Look at them LINK the COKE and POT crowd!
Sigh. I am SO TIRED of the DISINFORMATION and DISTORTIONS, you lying sacks of s***!!!!
Canadian drug organizations use planes, helicopters, and, in one case, a tunnel to move drugs. They have equipped trucks with secret panels and devices to avoid detection by X-rays and drug-sniffing dogs.
The Lower Mainland has become a playground for young up-and-coming gangsters, who speed around town in armor-plated Cadillac Escalades,
The UN adopted its name because of the variety of nationalities it encompasses, including Iraqis, Chinese, and Guatemalans. It is known for its Asian mystic-themed motto of “Honor-Loyalty-Respect.’’
Ever notice there is always ONE CROWD that remains UNMENTIONED when it comes to organized crime in my jewspaper?
With the Winter Olympic Games only a year away, political leaders in British Columbia have made it clear that the gang problem must end. Money has poured in for new officers. Legislation is being proposed to expand surveillance capability, toughen sentences, crack down on firearms smuggled in from the United States, and outlaw armored cars and flak jackets.
What it is REALLY all aboot!!
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